TheTirrenia Studios (also known at one point as thePisorno Studios) are afilm studio complex located in the Italian coastal town ofTirrenia inTuscany. The studios were constructed between 1933-1934 and intended, along with theFert Studios inTurin, to provide northern competition to the increasingly dominantCines Studios inRome.[1] Tirrenia was anew town which had grown with the support of Italy'sFascist regime. Although Italian film production was booming following an early 1930s slump, Tirrenia quickly faced increasing competition from the largeCinecitta studios inRome which had been opened in 1937 as part of the Fascist's attempt to centralise film production in the capital. Nonetheless, the studios continued to be used, sometimes facilitatinglocation shooting nearby.
During the later stages of theSecond World War the studios were requisitioned for other use first by the Germans and later by the Allies. In the post-war years the studios returned to film production, although this has been sporadic. In the 1960s the producerCarlo Ponti took over the studios.
Films made partly or wholly at the studios:
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